The Cal Poly Pomona University Library is an on-campus University Library serving students at Cal Poly Pomona. The University Library combines digital resources and state-of-the-art technology with traditional holdings. The library offers shared and private spaces for more than 10,000 students. The library houses artwork by Roy Lichtenstein and Le Corbusier. The library participates in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Enhance program that allows the library to correct or add information to bibliographic records in WorldCat. History The Evolution of a Library: 1938-2020 From one room with a few hundred books and one librarian to six stories with 2.4 million resource materials and a staff of 75, the University Library at Cal Poly Pomona has reason to celebrate as it begins its second half-century. The library's commitment to excellence is an integral factor in the successful reputation enjoyed by California State Polytechnic University as a premier institute of higher education. In 1938, Cal Poly opened its doors to 80 students on September 15, 1938, on the former site of the Voorhis School for Boys in San Dimas. This rural setting provided one room (measuring 33 feet by 45 feet) to get designated as the Library, with seating for 48 students. It came complete with study tables, a fireplace, and a few hundred books remaining from the Voorhis School. They quickly supplemented the collection with materials necessary to support the agricultural orientation of the college. Lavina Penley was the first librarian to serve Cal Poly, Voorhis Campus, followed by Ruth Hoff, and then by Harold F. Wells in 1954. The number of volumes in the Library increased from 3,700 in 1948 to over 6,500 in 1954. In 1956, the Library collection continued to multiply with the University's enrollment. By 1956 Cal Poly outgrew the San Dimas facilities and moved to its current site in Pomona, formerly the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Ranch. The Administration building housed the new library in three rooms (now the Science building) and had seating for 80 students. Mr. Wells directed moving over 8,000 volumes from San Dimas to Pomona in the summer of 1956. That same year, to support an increasing student population and its expanded academic curriculum, the library changed the book call numbers from the Dewey Decimal system, commonly used by smaller libraries, to the Library of Congress classification, used by larger libraries. In 1959, it was soon evident that the Library needed